Darren Stewart vs. Francimar Barroso
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Darren Stewart
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 8 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Francimar Barroso
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 0 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 18 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Darren Stewart
Distance 72.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.3%)
Francimar Barroso
Distance 79.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Darren Stewart
Head 78.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 8.4%)
Francimar Barroso
Head 66.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 20.1% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Stewart L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Barroso L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 223 / 625 | 35.7% | 40.5% | 226 / 477 | 47.4% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 116 / 151 | 76.8% | 70.3% | 77 / 101 | 76.2% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 53 / 84 | 63.1% | 69.1% | 15 / 25 | 60.0% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 248 / 678 | 36.6% | 38.9% | 148 / 399 | 37.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 58 / 73 | 79.5% | 71.7% | 62 / 83 | 74.7% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 86 / 109 | 78.9% | 83.3% | 108 / 121 | 89.3% | 81.8% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Stewart L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Barroso L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 236 / 568 | 41.5% | 39.5% | 224 / 692 | 32.4% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 128 / 178 | 71.9% | 70.9% | 82 / 107 | 76.6% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 58 / 74 | 78.4% | 69.0% | 46 / 60 | 76.7% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 316 / 661 | 47.8% | 37.9% | 201 / 658 | 30.5% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 64 / 102 | 62.7% | 71.3% | 81 / 111 | 73.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 42 / 57 | 73.7% | 82.1% | 70 / 90 | 77.8% | 83.0% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Stewart has more cage time on record.